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		Definition of shikhara in English: shikhara(Indian shikara) noun ʃɪˈkɑːrə Indian A spire on a Hindu temple. Example sentencesExamples -  The base of the minarets is covered by what seems to be almost temple shikharas rising one upon the other, vocabulary extensively used in a classical temple.
 -  But the most distinctive feature of the silhouette of a Khajuraho temple is without doubt its distinctive shikhara.
 -  Built by the Guptas, this ruined, but well-conserved, temple was reputedly the first northern Indian temple with a shikhara or spire.
 -  The earlier version of the symbols, which appeared in the February, 1997, issue included the shikhara, tulsi, urdhvapundra and Lord Krishna.
 -  One shikhara looks like a smaller version of what I saw in Khajuraho.
 -  Two are raised on high plinth, like the temples at Khajuraho, but their shikharas are like the early Orissan examples.
 
 
 OriginFrom Sanskrit śikhara 'peak, spire'.     |